Travel services in Georgia
Georgia: Travel services was 56.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Georgia, 1997–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Georgia stood at 56.0%.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Georgia peaked at 73.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 25.0%, in 1997.
That places Georgia 56th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Travel services in Georgia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 25.0% | — |
| 1998 | 53.1% | +112.8% |
| 1999 | 54.5% | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 43.1% | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 35.4% | -17.9% |
| 2002 | 33.0% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 33.1% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 33.7% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 36.0% | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 37.7% | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 38.8% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 38.3% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 38.4% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 42.4% | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 49.6% | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 57.2% | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 59.7% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 60.5% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 62.3% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 65.6% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 69.5% | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 73.4% | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 72.5% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 36.1% | -50.2% |
| 2021 | 50.4% | +39.7% |
| 2022 | 62.6% | +24.1% |
| 2023 | 59.2% | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 58.3% | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 56.0% | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.2% | 25.0% | 54.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 36.8% | 33.0% | 43.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.3% | 42.4% | 73.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.8% | 36.1% | 62.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
- 53 Thailand 59.4% compare
- 54 Tanzania, United Republic of 57.4% compare
- 55 French Polynesia 56.7% compare
- 57 Benin 55.6% compare
- 58 Montenegro 55.6% compare
- 59 Fiji 55.2% compare
More private sector data for Georgia
- Merchandise trade 67.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 45.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 33.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,852 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1911 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Georgia?
- Travel services in Georgia was 56.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 73.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.0% in 1997.
- How does Georgia rank for travel services?
- Georgia ranks 56th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.